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a" The Te emperature, | 
Bafil,as Galen faith, ishot in the fecond Degree, but it hath a fuperfluons 
moifture adjoyned with it, {o that he gueffeth it not fo ficto be taken inwardly 
but outwardly applyed ; he faith it is good to diget-or diftribuce,and to concoét, 
The Ve ertues, 
Notwithftanding the fuperfluons moifture of Bafil, the fame Galen faithalfo, 
that it being corrected with oyl and Vinegar it was caten by many in his'time, 
and thus it may be eaten by Women to dry up their milk: or ifupon tryabthey 
find any inconyeniency of taking ic this way, it may be applyed to the Breatis 
outwardly being firit bruifeda little, _ (hry/ippus with whom Mr.Culpeper feem- 
~ eth to take part railech down right againft this Royal Plant, yet it feemeth to me 
hie fealo rable to defend it, as Pliny doth ; their frivolons ob jections againtt ic 
being not worth the anfwering. Perhaps it may be hurtful to a weak brain,and 
caufe the headach by reafon of its ftrong favour, yet by thole whofe brains are 
ftronger, it is as much efteemed as any other {weet {melling herb, to fiveeten 
or petform any thing, and held as effectual to comfort ' the br 
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